Results: Nobel Prize goes to scientists behind mRNA Covid vaccines

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to a pair of scientists who developed the technology that led to the mRNA Covid vaccines. Professors Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman will share the prize. The technology was experimental before the pandemic, but has now been given to millions of people around the world to protect them against serious Covid-19. Regardless of if you received a vaccine or not, do you agree that the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine deserves to go to the pair of scientists who developed the technology that led to the mRNA Covid vaccines?

The big idea behind the technology is that you can rapidly develop a vaccine against almost anything - as long as you know the right genetic instructions to use. The same mRNA technology is now being researched for other diseases, including cancer. Are you looking forward to see how mRNA technology develops to fight cancer and other illnesses?